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may 5 1775 the kcrmbfk 3 north-carolina gazette semper pro libertate et bono pu^lico refolutions nnd petitions of the fobcr refpeftable and difpafiibnate ; but the very it-o;s and refufe of the people and to circulate this report the et tcr lcti > are handed about from fume very ref pcflable merchants as hcy arccalled from the â€¢:â– ;:'_! it provil ces jut weil 1 know ji^v to cjp fcribe fuch merchants â€” li'fle pnltry pedling ftl jows venders of two peony wjjy:es and i ajfl iod who under the idea oi , . Â»â€¢ , idl c ty i'niag'in their power â€” hohour viuli ind confciencei ttiefc fellows for i ch is tlÂ«c lot of humanity nrc ever to r found in ail countries â€” and are al r ways in great plenty when iheir country is .-*â€¢ stake who without evcfj-cgarding'cyn .â– â– ,. â– â– â– i , and that general ruin might enfue julis tarvyard to the goal of lucre ai'd ut out thu iliortelt .'._. fagc lo tlicii own jthenus j ' t tht â– â€¢ â€¢ .*.: the mcaaivho arc ik id out to us to take a ru state oi the canny from ; men who aft upon the tno illiberal principle children of the vvorld ; who hay no fixed reiidence â€” no attachments l.jt't(j the shrine oi mammon liiit i ii no !'-:;:: that ever i'pftnk rhe voa-ol a people â€” it is the proprietors and tillers ui the ciround men vho h?.v a pormaiipnt naiinn riga in tho ,' a<e rmrl a ho i./hi liciiig nuiild in i ,-.- ilu'o'.n oi cultiva'ion form srro 4 r and liuiio.iiabit i tachme ; to their i f un*yj â€” it is m liicie crc it ana authority five to ikj given amd from th fe onr befl infbrniarions au to be drawn Â» muv.li my loiiis h lcc faid n!:oi:t ihv au thority of parliament in thefe cafs and when men are driven for wsja of argumcnr they fly v this as their laft refoite â€” '/ ads of parliament hy their advocatu are la'cred and ihduid t ir.ipjicitly fulv.nmed tck-f ir the fu].-:eir.e t'owcr does not lodge fomewhrvc operative ly and eifertive jv then mud be an ry.4 qt all le;/illation !" lint my lords they wj^p argue or rattier dogma tize in this m.inncr idfrftqt ee the vvjiolc or tins m all free starts the confntuticn ii fixed and all tegiilative power and authority wherever placed either in connive lit^dies or individually mull dciivr under that conllitution u framed them â€” aÂ£ts of legiflation therefore however ilron nj effe&ive thev may lie when they are framed in the spirit of this co'iftitutioft pet wncn they relifi â€” they attack their own foundation ; for i is the consti tution and it alone that limits both o'ovexeignty arid allegiance tins i'octiine my lvrds is notemporary dor trine taken up on particular ocoaiions tu anfwer particular pufpofe â€” it ii involved in no metaphy lical doul * m:d tntricacie â€” but clearj j recife and determined it is recorded in all vur law booksj it is written in the great volume of nature â€” it i the eflential unalterable r : ht if engliihmen â€” it accords with all the principles of juflice and civil policy Â» which nei hcr^^.a force on tiie uis side not submijjtott on the otha can upon any od.:.k on whatever eradicate the speech if the right honourable the earl of c hat ham in the houfe of lords jan 20 1775 on the following motion made by bis lotdfiiip â– *' that an humble addrefa be prefented to his majeily moil humbly to advife and befeech him that in order to open a wa towards an happy settlement of the dangerous troubles in ameri tz l>y beginning ty allay ferments and foften aniniofitiuj there ; and above ajlj for preventing in the mean time any fudden and ratal cata ftrophe at bofton now fuffering under the daily irritation of an army before their eyes and ported in their town it may gracioiiily pleafe his majcily that immediate order be difpatched to general gare for removing his majrfy 1 forces from the town of jbojton as loon as tne rigour vt the seafon and other circumftances indif pcni'ahle to the safety and accommodation of the faid troops may render the lame pruiliiu lie my lords iris e with val aftonifhment to fee thefe papers brought to your l'a r in to late a period of this buiinefi ; papers i am fere the content of which are already known not only to every lord in the houfe but almotl to every perfon in the kingdom who rn.s made american affai in the leaft an objedl ot enquiry ; yet now in the . very tail of this iii'.linefs when meafures fhould n^e long iincc determined on we arc furnifhed with an empty parade of parchments â€” to tell us what â€” yhy what all the world knew before â€” that the xmericans fore under injuries afld irritated by wrongs lliiptof their inliorn rights and deareft privileges have refilled and entered into aflbcia tions for the prefcrvntion of thai bleffiig to whi h life and property are but fecondary uonjjderaiions give me leave to afk you my lords how thefe aflbcjations have been f rm-ji r has tne tide of have thofe delegates becrkgjfaarned / of have great interelt great power 6r great threats b en ufed as is too much the c;fci.i this oar boailed mother country to crayon out what conduct they ihould adopt ? sfo â€” nothing like this has appear ed ; the ele&ors fee in to be prompted by no other motive than that glorious f.nd exalted one the p~i fervatioh of their common libtrtiet ; ami under this idea they have been induced to appoint men com petent to fo great an undertaking men of tried and found principles embarked in the fame great caufe and from fftoilar sentiments taught to pity the miferies of the whole inverted then with this right he choice of * free people thefe delegates have deliberated with prudence wifdom and spirit and in confe quence of their deliberations hflve nd-irciled the lufti eand honour of this country this is their fault â€” this ir their crime ; petiiioninc for that without which a free people cannot poflibly exi.'l : yet for ailcing this boon the unalienabl privilege of englishmen arc they reprobated and lligr.ia ti/rd with the epithets of ingrafts â€” traitors and rebels . " had the early situation of the pertple of bof ton been attended to thin would not have come to this â€” but the infant complaints of bofton were literally treated like the cijjpricious squam of a child who it was faid did not know whether it was ;;^ trievedor net â€” but full'well i knew at that tim , that this child if not redrci'ied would foon refume â– the courage and voice of a man the boltoniai , 1 did not then complain upon hight or temporary evil but on an evil which fapped the very v i als of their conllitution and redu ed a'l the great bit-flings of life to chance equivocation and in security full well i knew that the sons of an celtors born under the fame free conftiuuion and once breathing the fame liberal air as englifhmenj anceftors who even quitted this land or liberty the moment it became the land of opprcliion and in refiftance to bigoted councils and op preitive meafures tore thcmfelves from their deareft cnnnedions ; i fay full well i knew that the offspring of fuch anccftors would refill upon tlu fame principles and on the fame occafions ft has however gorfe abroad that the refoluti â€¢ ons and petitions of the congrefs are not the real th-ir vn.fi y their pleasures and the prane^lc enjoy vnt of tjieir denreft-coiin^aioi.s ...... lÂ»e si-ke ox liberty will l)c tvhipj ej ,...,, vafj.j]ag h o bia^e : v,i niyllor_,s this conduct in liovaurn.ii t i o iuik.iail and vj-'a in prattice that it b r-r r crci.s th^boki-ih w j m rr o f poetry tot iv â– :â€¢;â– ,â– :::, eii read r vr u a wvjj as in ! â€¢""''â– â– ' ' '. i i_f ijjl u d though ic iome tir.irs i.i , li i.-.-ii r frjdio.i iliar liction ru pleafc ihu j be iaarity on \ trt.'ii.ijirudc jut it ifr , v he sy.cm r*iere is nothing like tenth no t'lhu l ; kc i'olicy nothing iikc ji uilc jixpcfieuce or common senie bi:r my lryd ooj&rnmenr fo tar from once uirip : : ir.j/yo be r cy ;.- 1 iw-jtrjctue con f-j.ju ;:. l i tliib j<*hi:iml are couil.in'ly linding out : "''' ij 1 . a ! d w*c tc.ki in t!a i,ali^lag ' ; â€¢â€¢'â€¢ "â– 'â– â– 'â– ', i;.:.t if j/qpen/ct i i,iur.\nii i n wont t!n - ii '\ rhoui'.uv %]!. i j tiuc jr lord vv1 l 'â€¢''â– )'â– :â€¢- t ie#];Â»'.y ri'.-;io th c'oiii-.rry v.::.i:j ;....! i;.;l i jji u r,i ;' but in thf i'ro r,:-.-l m'i-a'ra jliugjferevl jviilti can they occupy i l - v-^i(rfd j vvjii not a couc.iy v ' i - ;: â– â€¢ â– -â– 'â– â– â– ' â– 'â– â– lfc of rv..ple wronj i - ' : â– â€¢'â– â– â€” '^ tlrty are i.arti.p ikt tiyilras ia j.^jhi ra:ml'fjv:hblt.ngtiifioial'yihop l 1 "^'" 1 ' â– '" ' t - ii-t ijf^plam-ccan j i have upon the â€¢'â€¢â– â€¢â– â– â– '.â– â€¢ ' â– 'â– 1 jp i-n^i.-.vj y ynur wrath '-' i y â€¢"- j â– '['} h r.i an j mt-it led for ltv,:ilh j::.n ;.':-.. i r!i m axiprg viu,j:cr inii bavonets a bout ;:.. , (: ci ., s not exclude iham irom the l'alc o â€¢:; . i cu;:imiÂ§ity do you ilaiuk that thuie men !-.(â€¢:;, c;';i turi their arms a?.,in!l their bre tjiivn â€” s.,re\y uo-^a lauit be to them * dtji.ii â€” (. r.rvi.^tâ€”i^fjcrijut i 1 , n is nui mcrjp th jee millions of people the rfodmceof.\pjcric we have to combat with iit this unnatural btrujÂ£]e ; many more are on thtir suit diipetfcd ove t}ie fa>e of this wick empire even v/i.ijr in this'cojiitry h tor tliem ireland i wirli thatn u tit^ttntmeirr who may now be tem-traliy inactive when they once come to be roufeo t 0 a scnle of kecojlcctioji when they come to weigh the great line of right for which their brethren in america are contekd irg the senfe of their own danger will inhruft the i to range themfelves on iheir bide \\ bo then m the name of heaven could ad vlfc this ajcalure or who can continue to give this ftrange and uncou.litiniotiaj advice 1 do not n.c.n to level at on man or any particular set of men buc thus much j will declare that if hi majeity i ontihuea to hcÂ«r fucii coonfellorj he will not only be badly adviied but ondon he may wear his crown indeed it is true but it will uot be worth his wearingj robbed of o principal a jewel in america it will lofe its ltiftre and no longer bfhm that effulgence which hioukl irradiate the brow of majeftjc what then is to become of thi bdafted country of england pnee co renowned in as well as arms t what is become of her uohftitution that has hithertd been the wonder as well as uic lnvy of furrounding nations hai ':â€¢â€¢ i hanged her civil pqwer and fulutary laws for Â» military code or has fhe transferred her.s of empire to conftantinople ?â€” has hf wl.o haa often lhcd her deareft dlood in the manly refinance of defpotifm now not or tamely fubmhtrdto it bdt fat down herfelf tq forge the arbitrary chains but our pfefent governors alas think fo little of this matter that i bear general gage lias been thought to have adted too tardy in thi isnfinds that he has not been fwift enough to execute venge ance and haathe the sword in the bowel of his countrymen 1 really pity the unfortanate situa tion of that gentleman wlio h.-is approved hjmfelf on many occiiijons a gallant soldier and htunant man j for what from being , n ,| l . r t ) lc difagreea ble predicament of doing his duty o,i the one sidte and his 6wn feelinw of juftice and polfcy on the other what a conflict mu'.t lie have ! hli situati on my lordÂ»i puts me in mind of a fimilar tranf nction in thi civil vv^rs f france when the gieat condi on one side and marfha tureana on rhe othcr commanded different armies the latter confetous what terrible confequenccs a victory tnull produce to himfdfand cbufltry though often in his power avoided blows a much as poflibfe after the affair was over the mar/hal wai thu reprimanded at court for not at leaf taking the prin 6 pourfuoi nt paviz n/oks pas frit f kut'ihat general very fen fibly replied parctgut sin d jt hwtit/aft tout park *Â» nvtnji m'mreh frtt it w.is this doftrine chat is the f,re:it guide alid spirit to the frames of the pill of rights i the period of thegloriou revolution â€” men of the greateft accuracy wiilom atul honefty ; ami without any difparagemat to the pfefent day few futh counfchors are nor to be ieen recollect my lords or a moment ilic arguments ufed by thf!'c men â€” and fee how xil'c liberal nr.d ponlti tutional they were turn hen to their opponent and how flimley thin od unprovided they ap pear if then we applaud ii anceflors for obtain ing ajch liberties for us it a time when all the k-^iirs ( t englifhmen wÂ»e trampled upon and dtfrpotifm had trodden d<)vn the laws furely we cannutj in rtafon deny that portion of i^iocity fo hardly and honomahlj obtained to out own brethren â€” urcthrcn by th tune common parent and who ar iinqueitionabls heirs of the fame rious fnheritancc 1 he fafta bÂ«:ing then as i have ftated them wh:it has government don > they have fent an armed force confifting ciibovc jrvcrtcen tbotifahd miii to dragoon the bofloians into what i called their duty and for the tliaftifement of a finall rabble confifting of the nfceifitous and charafter it-fs in doing an unlawful a have involved above thirty fhoui'ard inhabitantin the greateft diflicul ty oppreflion and confterrition js this the way to win men to their duty ad recover in them the principles of aftedion and ritifli allegiance t uo you think that lattk v.iio ould be iquicj to fotego â€¢ 7'be ivbolc cf the american papers jujl then dtli tvered in at the table by lcrd dartmouth ut tht c'w mand of kit majcjly with the lateft advices ; foreign ana 1 doraeftick

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may 5 1775 the kcrmbfk 3 north-carolina gazette semper pro libertate et bono pu^lico refolutions nnd petitions of the fobcr refpeftable and difpafiibnate ; but the very it-o;s and refufe of the people and to circulate this report the et tcr lcti > are handed about from fume very ref pcflable merchants as hcy arccalled from the â€¢:â– ;:'_! it provil ces jut weil 1 know ji^v to cjp fcribe fuch merchants â€” li'fle pnltry pedling ftl jows venders of two peony wjjy:es and i ajfl iod who under the idea oi , . Â»â€¢ , idl c ty i'niag'in their power â€” hohour viuli ind confciencei ttiefc fellows for i ch is tlÂ«c lot of humanity nrc ever to r found in ail countries â€” and are al r ways in great plenty when iheir country is .-*â€¢ stake who without evcfj-cgarding'cyn .â– â– ,. â– â– â– i , and that general ruin might enfue julis tarvyard to the goal of lucre ai'd ut out thu iliortelt .'._. fagc lo tlicii own jthenus j ' t tht â– â€¢ â€¢ .*.: the mcaaivho arc ik id out to us to take a ru state oi the canny from ; men who aft upon the tno illiberal principle children of the vvorld ; who hay no fixed reiidence â€” no attachments l.jt't(j the shrine oi mammon liiit i ii no !'-:;:: that ever i'pftnk rhe voa-ol a people â€” it is the proprietors and tillers ui the ciround men vho h?.v a pormaiipnt naiinn riga in tho ,' ay beginning ty allay ferments and foften aniniofitiuj there ; and above ajlj for preventing in the mean time any fudden and ratal cata ftrophe at bofton now fuffering under the daily irritation of an army before their eyes and ported in their town it may gracioiiily pleafe his majcily that immediate order be difpatched to general gare for removing his majrfy 1 forces from the town of jbojton as loon as tne rigour vt the seafon and other circumftances indif pcni'ahle to the safety and accommodation of the faid troops may render the lame pruiliiu lie my lords iris e with val aftonifhment to fee thefe papers brought to your l'a r in to late a period of this buiinefi ; papers i am fere the content of which are already known not only to every lord in the houfe but almotl to every perfon in the kingdom who rn.s made american affai in the leaft an objedl ot enquiry ; yet now in the . very tail of this iii'.linefs when meafures fhould n^e long iincc determined on we arc furnifhed with an empty parade of parchments â€” to tell us what â€” yhy what all the world knew before â€” that the xmericans fore under injuries afld irritated by wrongs lliiptof their inliorn rights and deareft privileges have refilled and entered into aflbcia tions for the prefcrvntion of thai bleffiig to whi h life and property are but fecondary uonjjderaiions give me leave to afk you my lords how thefe aflbcjations have been f rm-ji r has tne tide of have thofe delegates becrkgjfaarned / of have great interelt great power 6r great threats b en ufed as is too much the c;fci.i this oar boailed mother country to crayon out what conduct they ihould adopt ? sfo â€” nothing like this has appear ed ; the ele&ors fee in to be prompted by no other motive than that glorious f.nd exalted one the p~i fervatioh of their common libtrtiet ; ami under this idea they have been induced to appoint men com petent to fo great an undertaking men of tried and found principles embarked in the fame great caufe and from fftoilar sentiments taught to pity the miferies of the whole inverted then with this right he choice of * free people thefe delegates have deliberated with prudence wifdom and spirit and in confe quence of their deliberations hflve nd-irciled the lufti eand honour of this country this is their fault â€” this ir their crime ; petiiioninc for that without which a free people cannot poflibly exi.'l : yet for ailcing this boon the unalienabl privilege of englishmen arc they reprobated and lligr.ia ti/rd with the epithets of ingrafts â€” traitors and rebels . " had the early situation of the pertple of bof ton been attended to thin would not have come to this â€” but the infant complaints of bofton were literally treated like the cijjpricious squam of a child who it was faid did not know whether it was ;;^ trievedor net â€” but full'well i knew at that tim , that this child if not redrci'ied would foon refume â– the courage and voice of a man the boltoniai , 1 did not then complain upon hight or temporary evil but on an evil which fapped the very v i als of their conllitution and redu ed a'l the great bit-flings of life to chance equivocation and in security full well i knew that the sons of an celtors born under the fame free conftiuuion and once breathing the fame liberal air as englifhmenj anceftors who even quitted this land or liberty the moment it became the land of opprcliion and in refiftance to bigoted councils and op preitive meafures tore thcmfelves from their deareft cnnnedions ; i fay full well i knew that the offspring of fuch anccftors would refill upon tlu fame principles and on the fame occafions ft has however gorfe abroad that the refoluti â€¢ ons and petitions of the congrefs are not the real th-ir vn.fi y their pleasures and the prane^lc enjoy vnt of tjieir denreft-coiin^aioi.s ...... lÂ»e si-ke ox liberty will l)c tvhipj ej ,...,, vafj.j]ag h o bia^e : v,i niyllor_,s this conduct in liovaurn.ii t i o iuik.iail and vj-'a in prattice that it b r-r r crci.s th^boki-ih w j m rr o f poetry tot iv â– :â€¢;â– ,â– :::, eii read r vr u a wvjj as in ! â€¢""''â– â– ' ' '. i i_f ijjl u d though ic iome tir.irs i.i , li i.-.-ii r frjdio.i iliar liction ru pleafc ihu j be iaarity on \ trt.'ii.ijirudc jut it ifr , v he sy.cm r*iere is nothing like tenth no t'lhu l ; kc i'olicy nothing iikc ji uilc jixpcfieuce or common senie bi:r my lryd ooj&rnmenr fo tar from once uirip : : ir.j/yo be r cy ;.- 1 iw-jtrjctue con f-j.ju ;:. l i tliib je of this wick empire even v/i.ijr in this'cojiitry h tor tliem ireland i wirli thatn u tit^ttntmeirr who may now be tem-traliy inactive when they once come to be roufeo t 0 a scnle of kecojlcctioji when they come to weigh the great line of right for which their brethren in america are contekd irg the senfe of their own danger will inhruft the i to range themfelves on iheir bide \\ bo then m the name of heaven could ad vlfc this ajcalure or who can continue to give this ftrange and uncou.litiniotiaj advice 1 do not n.c.n to level at on man or any particular set of men buc thus much j will declare that if hi majeity i ontihuea to hcÂ«r fucii coonfellorj he will not only be badly adviied but ondon he may wear his crown indeed it is true but it will uot be worth his wearingj robbed of o principal a jewel in america it will lofe its ltiftre and no longer bfhm that effulgence which hioukl irradiate the brow of majeftjc what then is to become of thi bdafted country of england pnee co renowned in as well as arms t what is become of her uohftitution that has hithertd been the wonder as well as uic lnvy of furrounding nations hai ':â€¢â€¢ i hanged her civil pqwer and fulutary laws for Â» military code or has fhe transferred her.s of empire to conftantinople ?â€” has hf wl.o haa often lhcd her deareft dlood in the manly refinance of defpotifm now not or tamely fubmhtrdto it bdt fat down herfelf tq forge the arbitrary chains but our pfefent governors alas think fo little of this matter that i bear general gage lias been thought to have adted too tardy in thi isnfinds that he has not been fwift enough to execute venge ance and haathe the sword in the bowel of his countrymen 1 really pity the unfortanate situa tion of that gentleman wlio h.-is approved hjmfelf on many occiiijons a gallant soldier and htunant man j for what from being , n ,| l . r t ) lc difagreea ble predicament of doing his duty o,i the one sidte and his 6wn feelinw of juftice and polfcy on the other what a conflict mu'.t lie have ! hli situati on my lordÂ»i puts me in mind of a fimilar tranf nction in thi civil vv^rs f france when the gieat condi on one side and marfha tureana on rhe othcr commanded different armies the latter confetous what terrible confequenccs a victory tnull produce to himfdfand cbufltry though often in his power avoided blows a much as poflibfe after the affair was over the mar/hal wai thu reprimanded at court for not at leaf taking the prin 6 pourfuoi nt paviz n/oks pas frit f kut'ihat general very fen fibly replied parctgut sin d jt hwtit/aft tout park *Â» nvtnji m'mreh frtt it w.is this doftrine chat is the f,re:it guide alid spirit to the frames of the pill of rights i the period of thegloriou revolution â€” men of the greateft accuracy wiilom atul honefty ; ami without any difparagemat to the pfefent day few futh counfchors are nor to be ieen recollect my lords or a moment ilic arguments ufed by thf!'c men â€” and fee how xil'c liberal nr.d ponlti tutional they were turn hen to their opponent and how flimley thin od unprovided they ap pear if then we applaud ii anceflors for obtain ing ajch liberties for us it a time when all the k-^iirs ( t englifhmen wÂ»e trampled upon and dtfrpotifm had trodden d they have fent an armed force confifting ciibovc jrvcrtcen tbotifahd miii to dragoon the bofloians into what i called their duty and for the tliaftifement of a finall rabble confifting of the nfceifitous and charafter it-fs in doing an unlawful a have involved above thirty fhoui'ard inhabitantin the greateft diflicul ty oppreflion and confterrition js this the way to win men to their duty ad recover in them the principles of aftedion and ritifli allegiance t uo you think that lattk v.iio ould be iquicj to fotego â€¢ 7'be ivbolc cf the american papers jujl then dtli tvered in at the table by lcrd dartmouth ut tht c'w mand of kit majcjly with the lateft advices ; foreign ana 1 doraeftick